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Mosque Threat To Israel Visit
By Simon Caldwell VATICAN and Israeli officials have met in an attempt to diffuse a furious row that could derail the Pope's plans to visit the town where Jesus Christ spent his......
Islamic Leaders Add New Woes To Pope's Trip To Iraq
By Bruce Johnston in Rome IRAQ'S Islamic leaders have put the Pope's December pilgrimage to Ur of the Chaldees in jeopardy. The trip to the reputed birthplace of Abraham has......
Beirut Blast Kills Worshipper As Muslims Target Catholics
By Simon Caldwell A MAN was killed in a Catholic Church in Beirut, Lebanon, as he tried to open a handbag booby-trapped with a hand-grenade. The device, planted during a Mass in......
Holy See Widens Scope Of India Visit
By Simon Caldwell THE POPE will meet nonChristian leaders during his November trip to India, amid fears of anti-Catholic protests by Hindus. Vatican officials hope the encounter......
'we'll Cope With Y2k'
THE VATICAN has insisted it is ready to cope with the catastrophic computer virus known as the millennium bug. The virus, also known as Y2K, is expected to strike the world's......
Indonesia's Olive Branch Indonesia Has Claimed That The...
Catholics in East Timor had no religious element and would not affect its relations with the Vatican. "I understand that there have been some very sad incidents, but the......
New Saints For Europe
POPE JOHN PAUL II has made three new women saints patrons of Europe. Bridget of Sweden, Catherine of Sienna and Edith Stein will join the male saints Benedict, Cyril and......
Padre Pio Fever Sparks Probe Into Corruption
By Bruce Johnston in Rome ITALIAN MAGISTRATES have opened an inquiry into political corruption in the town where Padre Pio lived and died. San Giovanni Rotondo, which has just......
New Diocese For Kosovo
THE VATICAN plans to make Kosovo — currently administered by the Skopje Diocese in Macedonia — a tree-standing diocese, say sources in Rome. Auxiliary Bishop Marko Sopi, who......
Giordano Cleared Magistrates Haze Closed A Year-long...
Michele Giordano, the Archbishop of Naples, after they found ro evidence he had been involved in money launderig, writes Bruce Johnston. The Cardinal gine under scrutiny last......
Archbishop Ganda Goes Iorne
AN ARCHBISHOP, driven into exile by civil war, has ignored death threats to return to his diocese in Sierra Leone, writes Luke Coppen. Archbishop Joseph Ganda of Freetown and Bo......